慢吞吞

Chinese

		slow	to swallow; to take	to swallow; to take
trad. (慢吞吞)		慢	吞	吞
simp. #(慢吞吞)		慢	吞	吞

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màntūntūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ tan¹ tan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-thun-thun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màntūntūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màntuntun
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-tʻun¹-tʻun¹
    • Yale: màn-twūn-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manntuentuen
    • Palladius: маньтуньтунь (manʹtunʹtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ tan¹ tan¹
    • Yale: maahn tān tān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ tan¹ tan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ ten¹ ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² tʰɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-thun-thun
    • Tâi-lô: bān-thun-thun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxntuntwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² tʰun³³ tʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/

Adjective

慢吞吞

1. (ideophonic) sluggish; slow-moving; leisurely

Synonyms

• 慢悠悠 (mànyōuyōu)
• 慢騰騰／慢腾腾 (mànténgténg)